Geez what a non story, good for Team USA basketball though. Now if we could only hear the joyful news that Dumbtoni won’t be returning to ruin the next Laker’s season. Dumbtoni has always been and will always be the wrong coach for the Lakers. If he’s still coach at the beginning of the season then I won’t bother watching the Lakers on tv.

In all seriousness I could never understand the berating of a coach in the NBA. The NBA is a players’ game, not a coaches’ game like it is in college. Sure, the coach has his “system” and certain coaches have certain reputations that players more readily buy into, but in the end do you think it was Spolstra that won last night’s game for the Heat? I give him credit for not turning the ball over, but he also didn’t score a point or grab a rebound the entire game. It’s almost as if he wasn’t even on the… never mind.

As far as Team USA goes, the blend of NBA and college coaches is what works best, obviously. Don’t be surprised if Popovich replaces D’Antoni, IF it’s an NBA coach that fills that slot.